Cyber Crime Fighters: Tales from the Trenches

8Child Sexual Assault Images—The New View on Child Pornography

Chat rooms have been a hot topic in terms of child exploitation because they are frequently the vehicle law enforcement has found by which predators find, groom, and exploit young teenagers.

A less familiar manner to exploit children was recently seen in an investigation of a New England–based soccer coach who was finding victims from his high school and elite soccer camp in order to manufacture and collect teenage pornography.

The Jacob Silva Case

Jacob Silva, shown in Figure 8.1, is a 27-year-old man from Manchester, New Hampshire, who set up an elaborate scheme to take advantage of unwitting high school males by posing as a young female on the popular social networking ...